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From: kaikow@standards.com
Subject: Re: .xvpics directory on ISO9660 CD Rom ?
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Date: Tue, 2 Aug 1994 19:21:36 GMT
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Only if you wish the CD-ROM to claim to conform to Level 1 (restricted to 
brain-dead 8.3) of ISO 9660. Other than that, your only restrictions are 
using originating system software that allows such names to be used and a 
receiving system that can read them. 

In article <31l10r$3u4@bright.ecs.soton.ac.uk>,
Rupert Hollom <rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote:
>Hi,
>   I've got to write a CD-ROM that needs a sub-directory called
>.xvpics (the CD is for one of those UNIX things !!) I think that the
>software will map the directory names OK - but what i need to know is
>is .xvpics a valid name on an ISO9660 CD-Rom ?
>
>Cheers Rupert.
>
>E-Mail : rjh@ecs.soton.ac.uk
>URL : http://ilc.ecs.soton.ac.uk/welcome.html
>